Douglas Hofstadter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Douglas Hofstadter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Douglas Richard Hofstadter (born February 15, 1945) is an American academic whose research focuses on consciousness, analogy-making, artistic creation, literary translation, and discovery in mathematics and physics. He is best known for his book Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid, first published in 1979, for which he was awarded the 1980 Pulitzer Prizefor general non-fiction.^[1]

Contents [hide] 1 Early life and education 2 Academic career 3 Public image 4 Columnist 5 Personal life 6 Published works 6.1 Books 6.2 Papers 6.3 Involvement in other books 7 Students 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Douglas R. Hofstadter Born February 15, 1945 (age 65) New York, New York Occupation Professor of cognitive science Nationality United States Alma mater Stanford University (B.S.),University of Oregon (Ph.D) Period 1979-Present Subjects Cognitive science, philosophy of mind, translation, analogy-making